Practical Reason, Instrumental Irrationality, and Time

Author: Vargas, Manuel1

Source: Philosophical Studies, Volume 126, Number 2, November 2005 , pp. 241-252(12)

Publisher: Springer

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Abstract:

Standard models of practical rationality face a puzzle that has gone unnoticed: given a modest assumption about the nature of deliberation, we are apparently frequently briefly irrational. I explain the problem, consider what is wrong with several possible solutions, and propose an account that does not generate the objectionable result.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1007/s11098-004-7787-0

Affiliations: 1: Philosophy Department, University of San Francisco, 2130 Fulton St, San Francisco, CA, 94117, USA, Email: mrvargas@usfca.edu

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